Elderly Male Critically Injured in alleged Suicide Attempt
Hawthorne NJ, Officers from the Hawthorne Police Department, along with a deputy from the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office, responded to a single family home located at 44 Kaywin Avenue, Hawthorne shortly after 7:30 PM on Sunday, 08/30 after receiving reports that the male homeowner was armed and threatening to kill himself.
A SWAT team was quickly summoned to the address. However, prior to their arrival, a Hawthorne police officer made entry to the home and found an elderly male victim in a bedroom, suffering from a single gun shot wound to the head. The critically injured victim was transported to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson by an ambulance from Hawthorne EMS. An investigation into the circumstances of the shooting is now underway.
